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FXUS61 KPBZ 061602
AFDPBZ

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1102 AM EST THU MAR 6 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE AND MODERATING TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE END OF THE THE WEEK. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CAUSE PRECIPITATION
LATE SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
LOW LEVEL RIDGING WILL RESULT IN BENIGN WEATHER TODAY. AS HIGH
PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHEAST...WINDS WILL EVENTUALLY VEER
AT 850MB TO ADVECT RELATIVELY WARM AIR FROM THE SSW AND CAUSE
TEMPERATURES TO MODERATE. HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH LOW
PRESSURE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD SOME CIRRUS
OVER THE REGION.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY/...
BENIGN WEA WL CONT UNTIL THE APPRCH OF A CDFNT ON SATURDAY. HAVE
PUSHED BACK THE ONSET OF POPS SATURDAY. STILL SOME DIFFERENCES IN
MODEL SOLUTIONS ON MOISTURE AND LIFT ACCOMPANYING THE FRONT...SO
KEPT POPS IN THE CHC TO SCHC CATEGORY.

A MODEST WARMING TREND WL GET UNDERWAY...WITH A TEMP RECOVERY TWD
THE SEASONAL AVGS.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
A COLD FRONT WILL BRING THE CHANCE FOR RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS SATURDAY
NIGHT. A RATHER BENIGN PATTERN THEN SETS IN FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH
NEAR AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. A WEAK FRONT WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR RAIN
OR SNOW SHOWERS TUESDAY WITH ANOTHER COOL DOWN ON WEDNESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /16Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
VFR WL CONT THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD.  GRADIENT RESULTING FM NEW
ENGLAND HIGH PRES WITH PLNS AND SE CONUS LOWS WL SPPRT ELY SFC WND
WITH GUSTS ARND 20 KT TDA.

.OUTLOOK.../THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
THE NXT CHC FOR RESTRICTIONS WL COME WITH A SATURDAY CDFNT.

&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

&&

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